Biografie englisch Tilman Lichdi has established himself as one of the most prominent concert and Lied interpreter of our time. He receives especial praise as ‘Evangelist’ in Bach’s oratorios and passions. For his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the St. John Passion, a critic in Chicago wrote: “One can go a lifetime without hearing the Evangelist sung as well as by Tilman Lichdi, and I’m not forgetting Peter Schreier.” Lichdi has given concerts across Europe, the US, Australia, South America and Asia and performed under conductors such as Ton Koopman, Thomas Hengelbrock, Martin Haselböck, Peter Dijkstra, Frieder Bernius, Christoph Perick, Bernard Labadie, Marcus Bosch, Hervé Niquet, Hartmut Haenchen, Kent Nagano, Christoph Poppen, Claus Peter Flor, Michail Pletnev, Michel Corboz, Hans-Christoph Rademann , Teodor Currentzis, and Herbert Blomstedt, to name a few.Highlights of Tilman Lichdi’s 17/18 Season are concert performances of Mendelssohn’s “Orchestra, conducted by Howard Arman in a program, dedicated to the work of Teleman, with concerts in Munich/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under Ton Koopman and in Lisbon/Gulbenkian Orchestra under Michel Corboz, both times with the Christmas Oratorio by Bach.In 2018, Tilman Lichdi has been invited to a European tour with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, with Ton Koopman conducting Bach’s St John’s Passion, as well as concerts at the Musikverein Wien, same work, under the direction of Martin Haselböck. These concerts will be followed by concerts in Stuttgart with a program dedicated to the work of Jan Dismas Zelenka and conducted by Frieder Bernius, followed by a CD production of the same program. The year 2018 will come to Lobgesang’ in Dresden and Leipzig with the Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt, as well as his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Bach’s b-minor Mess under the direction of Ton Koopman. The year 2017 will end with concerts in Hannover/NDR Symphony an end with Schuberts’ Schoene Muellerin on tour, in a new version for tenor and guitar, a program which will be recorded for Lichdi Records.Recordings: Tilman Lichdi can be heard as Evangelist and interpreter of the Arias in a CD production of the St. Matthew Passion by Bach, with the Musikpodium Stuttgart, placed under the direction of Frieder Bernius as well as of a DVD/CD production of the St. John’s Passion with the Choir and Orchestra of Radio Bavaria under the direction of Pewter Dijkstra. Tilman Lichdi also took part in the recording of the ambitious recording of Buxtehude’s complete work, under the direction of Ton Koopman. His first lied recording..Die Schoene Muellerin by Schubert in 2017, will be followed by the recording of Schubert’s Winterreise in a new version for tenor and guitar, published by LichdiRecords.Tilman Lichdi was, between 2005 and 2013, a permanent member of the Staatstheater Nurnberg, where he performed, among others, David in Wagner’s Mastersingers, the Steersman in Wagner’s Flying Dutchman, Tamino in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Belmonte in the Abduction, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Count Belfiore in La Finta Giardiniera and Count Almaviva in the Barber of Sevil. Tilman Lichdi was awarded the Bavarian Arts Sponsorship Award 2012 in the category of Performing Arts.Tilman Lichdi grew up near Heilbronn, Germany, and began his first singing lessons at the age of 18 with Alois Treml of the Staatstheater Stuttgart. He first studied the trumpet for four years in Mannheim with Prof. Günther Beetz and then switched to voice studies with Prof. Charlotte Lehmann in 1999 in Würzburg where he graduated with distinction.